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Progress 8 is a huge improvement on the five A*-C system, says assessment expert Daisy Christodoulou, but unless you’re teaching mixed-ability students, it’s wrong to use it to measure individual class progress

Schools need their own version of the research-informed training regime marathon runners use to help children be successful in exam season, argues Daisy Christodoulou

We need to use whole-class feedback to break intimidating tasks into small, actionable steps for students, argues Daisy Christodoulou

Practice is an essential part of learning, but the methods of practice that we use determine how effective the process is, says Daisy Christodoulou

It’s time that we paid more attention to paying attention, and that might mean learning the tricks of smartphone app developers, argues Daisy Christodoulou

We need a time-costs analysis in schools to show that much of the assessment we do is simply not worth the time we spend on it, says Daisy Christodoulou